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player2 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1982 |
posted 08-06-2003 10:41 AM
   
Where did your board name come from? Why did you choose to be known as that?
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Huskyboy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 189 |
posted 08-06-2003 10:52 AM
Mines obvious I think, I run 'Sibes'. Although I'm gonna change it to just Husky, as thats what it gets abbreviated to here! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Nightcrawler1 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1863 |
posted 08-06-2003 11:12 AM
It's a good thing that it doesn't apply anymore, since many of us know your name now. So there is nothing more too it than you wanted to be anonymous and Player2 was the first anonymous name that came to mind? In my case, it came from a fantasy baseball team I have. When I first started the team, everyone else had the most intimidating sounding names like the Crushers or Brawlers. ( baseballmanager.com is the fantasy baseball game, and my other online board I frequent under the name of Earthworm Jim is also there at http://bbs.baseballmanager.com/~bbs if anyone cares) So to be different I tried to think of the least intimidating name I could think of, and I came up with the Earthworms. Nightcrawler was just another name along the same theme, but I screwed up when I first registered and must have mistyped my e-mail address. So I had to do it again and added "1" to the end of my name. A long story, but I made up for that by also being very boring. As far as I know, you can't changed it to Husky, Huskyboy. Except by reregistering under the new name. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Nightcrawler1 (edited 08-06-2003).] IP: Logged |
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Dango Officer of the Bridge Posts: 2042 |
posted 08-06-2003 11:26 AM
Mine comes from Van Dango, the last band I played guitar in - a mix from Van Halen (for the younger drivers, they used to be a great band but all incarnations after Diamond Dave just sucked  ) and Fandango (the best of all ZZTop albums!). That kind of reveals my age huh. The name is short, unique and still gives Crazyhorse plenty of room to make fun of it.  IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 839 |
posted 08-06-2003 11:38 AM
Mine comes from one of my early jobs about 10 years ago. I was working as an egg cook in Perkins restaurants. My best friend always worked alongside me, and his last name was Grill. We were listening to Beastie Boys' Paul's Botique, and there's a song 'eggman' on it, and people just started calling me that and it stuck. So we were 'eggman and grill', the fastest cooks anyone had ever seen.  The reason for the two 'n's at the end is a bit simpler and more boring... Every website I went to register on wouldn't let me have eggman for handle, so my handle grew an N. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 169 |
posted 08-06-2003 12:47 PM
Der Alta – A rough beer-goggled English to German translation of "old man" My surname sounds very similar and often butchered in many different translations. Even though it's only 5 letters. To date, I've seen at least 9 different configurations. About 7th grade I was called Old man by a teacher, and the moniker became my nickname. Amongst friends it was a joke, as I was usually the youngest of any member in the group. Even when I joined the Army, the nickname reared it's head as my Drill Sergeant instantly butchered it. As soon as I corrected him it was as good as branded on my forehead. That stuck with me until I was discharged 9 years later (1 active, 8 reserve). The German Translation comes in from my heritage. I'm mostly German (yep, blond hair, blue eyes strong and rugged stature gives it away) and in fact, still have relatives living in Germany. Even though I visited them three years ago, I can't remember the town. Registering as "Old man" didn't seem apropos in most places, so the translation to German was arrived at. The incorrect translation comes for a mis-understanding in my reception of the translation. The old man actually is: der alte Mann. Which I didn't figure out until a few years ago. At which point, I'd been going by "Der Alta" for 5 years. And I've always signed my posts with "AO" as those are my real initials. AO IP: Logged |
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Marc Timmins 1st Lieutenant Posts: 578 |
posted 08-06-2003 01:15 PM
Well mine is pretty obvious really, this was the first site I ever went to and I thought I would get an option to put in a screen name rather than a username and after 50 posts I got pissed off, but GB said I could not change my username without loosing my old posts! So there you are, the first net mistake I made! Also, I think when I speak my mind and am not drunk most of what I say to wind people up can be justified or I can find facts to justify it! So I do not care, I do not have a website or anything for people to piss me off on if I do irreprable damage either! And on the few occasions when my opinions have pissed people off they have generally just insulted me in a rather childish manor hiding annonomously behind a funny name!!! Which reminds me, isn't it about time I brough up Iraq now that major combat operations are over? Marc IP: Logged |
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MustakeSVT 1st Lieutenant Posts: 698 |
posted 08-06-2003 01:16 PM
Before I had kids my wife and I would get a new Mustang every 2 years.This went on from 86 to 94. All my Chevy head friends would call it a Mustake. So the nick name stuck. The last Mustang we had was a Cobra SVT and we kinda just tagged on the SVT ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Recycler Officer of the Bridge Posts: 1252 |
posted 08-06-2003 01:19 PM
Mine's easy. At the time I registered I was working as a Recycling Truck driver for my cousin's Garbage company. It just fit and I use it almost everywhere. Except on the MSN Gaming zone, I'm Da_Delivery_Man there, but I have had many nics on that site. IP: Logged |
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the ricker 1st Lieutenant Posts: 282 |
posted 08-06-2003 01:48 PM
I chose my username in haste one afternoon after buying GT1 and having a buncha questions. My name is Richard, and "the ricker" was a mid 80s television sitcom character. Anyways, I'd change it if I could, its just not funny anymore. But again, I'd lose my long standing Jan 2000 member date. [can't be a newbie all over again] [This message has been edited by the ricker (edited 08-06-2003).] IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1102 |
posted 08-06-2003 02:48 PM
I think I may have posted this here before, but I can't remember so I'll post it again. *trying to keep it short* Santiago = spanish for "Saint James" // James = my real name (but I'm no saint 22 = the date of my birth (April 22 if you're keeping track; inspired by the line in the Jermaine Dupri/Ludacris song "Welcome to Atlanta" where Ludacris raps "in fact I'm slappin' 'em up, Cadillac is the truck, I can't lose with 22s, *****, that's what's up!" I happened to be 22 years old at the time (24 now)... So Santiago22 is my online handle, both here and in countless other places... if you do a Google search on Santiago22, you'll find quite a few results from other sites I frequent, though most of the results aren't actually me. ------------------ Button's Brigade IP: Logged |
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player2 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1982 |
posted 08-06-2003 04:43 PM
quote: Well, there was more to the choice I guess ... No offence to anyone in particular, but I didn't fancy pinning my colours to one car or another, and I'm not the type to hype myself with an "I am the greatest x y x" handle. 'player2' just kind of struck me. I knew I wasn't up to racing the fast guys on the numbers, because I'd been playing GT3 a long while before stumbling across the board, so player2 seemed a suitably humble handle to start off with; also, the name seemed to fit well with my mood changes, as many games can come up with "player 2 wins" or "game over player 2" in equal measure. In considering more motoring-related handles, I did toy with the idea of "TurboFan" as it appealed to my sense of word play, but it's really an aeronautical pun rather than a motoring one. So, player2 it was. Though I never expected to be around for more than a few weeks when I first posted! p2 IP: Logged |
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JT Officer of the Bridge Posts: 2146 |
posted 08-06-2003 05:26 PM
Just my initials. Rather unimaginative, really. A former handle I used (some years ago) was Sporothrix. It's the genus name of Sporothrix shenkii (shen-ki-eye), an opportunistic/saprophytic fungus and a really catchy name that's fun to say. It was a toss-us between that and another fungus called Mucor. IP: Logged |
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GB24Hours Captain Posts: 5191 |
posted 08-06-2003 07:01 PM
quote: No wonder we can never get rid of you. My initials, and my favorite kind of race = GB24Hours. IP: Logged |
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BigDaddy Crew Member Posts: 2 |
posted 08-06-2003 07:02 PM
I had never noticed but I have seemed to pick up the habit of referring to my six year son as my "Little Buddy". I guess in his infinite wisdom he's decided to get back at me by calling me his "BigDaddy". I have been called many names in the past some good some bad. But this is the one I have grown most fond of. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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BoatDriver 1st Lieutenant Posts: 407 |
posted 08-06-2003 07:16 PM
Because it's what I am. Well, some people would call me other things, too.... My company: http://www.safesea.com BD IP: Logged |
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AmericanMuscle 1st Lieutenant Posts: 360 |
posted 08-06-2003 07:28 PM
Because any American car with a booming V8 made from 1964ish thru 1970 can't possibly be bad, right ? *everyone in the room nods their head* I really do love muscle cars. Hope to have a really nice one someday (maybe more, depending if future Mrs. Muscle allows them). IP: Logged |
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Nightcrawler1 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1863 |
posted 08-06-2003 08:06 PM
So BD, are you the one who volunteers to spend the summer manning your boat out of Block Island? That sounds like it would be nice duty. I would guess that in the winter there are a lot less boats sailing around, and those that are still around are more likely professionals. I'd guess the professionals would screw up and need help a lot less often than the summer recreational types, so winter is probably a lot easier on you. On the other hand, winter is when you get the nasty storms too, so the calls you do get are probably more difficult. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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NSZero 1st Lieutenant Posts: 243 |
posted 08-06-2003 08:32 PM
I was heavy in GT2 when I got internet in the first place. At that time the Nsx type S Zero was my fav. car. You could probably find this nick registered at abunch of different emails, chats, MSN and Yahoo games and so on. IP: Logged |
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Moppie 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1190 |
posted 08-06-2003 08:34 PM
Some really cool and interesting storys here, its amazing were we get our nicknames from.
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BoatDriver 1st Lieutenant Posts: 407 |
posted 08-06-2003 09:41 PM
quote: I was the Block Island captain from 88-96, until Mini-BD#1 showed up. Then Mrs. BD pulled the plug. You're right that this time of year is ridiculously busy for us. We do most of our on-the-water work between Memorial Day and Columbus Day. A typical weekend day between July 4 and Labor Day will have us doing 25-35 assistance jobs. We do a total of about 1000 per year. I've got tons of fun pictures of boats in places and situations where they don't belong. September-November is storm season...that's the fun (and big-money) stuff. We generally never have to go out in the dead of winter, as our customers are almost exclusively recreational. I'd say that about 50% of our jobs are due to legitimate mechanical trouble, while the other half have an underlying cause of poor seamanship. Winter is prime GT3 time for me. IP: Logged |
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Gunner 1st Lieutenant Posts: 552 |
posted 08-06-2003 10:11 PM
I am fully trained in the use of firearms(pistols,etc.), heavy machine guns(m60, mini-guns) and heavy artillery(grenade launchers, and the like). j/k, my handle comes from being a fan of gnr, I couldn't come up with anything better. [This message has been edited by Gunner (edited 08-06-2003).] IP: Logged |
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GB24Hours Captain Posts: 5191 |
posted 08-06-2003 11:59 PM
*TIME OUT!* Welcome to The Numbers, BigDaddy.
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mobilechicane 1st Lieutenant Posts: 396 |
posted 08-07-2003 03:43 AM
what p2 said about not being fast. a 'mobile chicane' is of course a term often used to describe the idiot backmarker who coasts around causing trouble for the decent racers trying to lap him.. IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1102 |
posted 08-07-2003 05:52 AM
quote: Those are the best stories: complex, long, and boring BTW, in case you forget, your name is Andrew ------------------ Button's Brigade IP: Logged |
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player2 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1982 |
posted 08-07-2003 09:17 AM
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player2 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1982 |
posted 08-07-2003 09:35 AM
quote: My first recollection of the term was James Hunt using it to describe the Ferraris when the first turbos were introduced into F1. Those Ferraris were pigs to drive, but boy could they go fast in a straight line. Consequently everyone could lap faster than them, but nobody could pass them in a race. Invariably, the front few cars would drive away in front of them, leaving a red led convoy in their wake. How things have changed! IP: Logged |
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pl8ster 1st Lieutenant Posts: 633 |
posted 08-07-2003 01:01 PM
There must be one or two of you who don't know where my nick came from...it's a term coined by and for people who are stricken with the odd collecting affliction that I am (see below if you still don't have any idea - no porn, I promise!). ------------------ IP: Logged |
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HondaKid86 1st Lieutenant Posts: 96 |
posted 08-07-2003 04:09 PM
I picked this nick when I was 12 years old... I was a newbie, so I followed the trend to come up with a screename by fusing an interest, the word "Kid", and my birth year. If I could do it all over again, I'm not sure if I'd pick another nick. I'm HondaKid86 everywhere on the 'Net, so I've grown quite used to being called "HK". I really like it, actually. IP: Logged |
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Ferrari 308 1st Lieutenant Posts: 552 |
posted 08-07-2003 05:31 PM
'Twas and still is one of my favorite cars. I chose it when I was 14 though, so if I had to do it all over again, of course I'd pick a new one .IP: Logged |
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dazz Crew Member Posts: 31 |
posted 08-07-2003 06:17 PM
dazz-short for my name, darren boring, i got no imagination IP: Logged |
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Nightcrawler1 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1863 |
posted 08-08-2003 02:46 PM
I want to see Crazyhorse's explanation. And Thoasiii's. That can't be a real name with three "i"s, can it? And what about Psyfalcon? Where'd he get that one? And rikki, since his name is really Gary. And many more I can't think of right now. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 169 |
posted 08-08-2003 03:07 PM
I'd like to hear the story behind Psyfalcon's screename. I'm still suffering shock from the "Silver Spoons" reference. I knew than screen name sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. Gahh...I'm getting old. AO IP: Logged |
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GB24Hours Captain Posts: 5191 |
posted 08-09-2003 02:06 AM
Come to think of it Nightcrawler, I want to see Thoasiii's explanation, too. All I know is that it's not pronounced "Tho-sigh", as I first thaought many years ago, but "Toe-ass the 3rd". That explains the three "i's" The rest is a mystery. So when you see us talking about someone named Toe, that's who we're talking about. IP: Logged |
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Ferrari 308 1st Lieutenant Posts: 552 |
posted 08-09-2003 02:11 AM
I'll admit that the first time I saw Thoasiii's name, I immediately thought "Thossy" like 'Cossie,' and that's how I've thought of it ever since, even though I've seen the explanation a few times.  [This message has been edited by Ferrari 308 (edited 08-09-2003).] IP: Logged |
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mobilechicane 1st Lieutenant Posts: 396 |
posted 08-09-2003 07:28 AM
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Nightcrawler1 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1863 |
posted 08-09-2003 09:15 AM
I knew Thoasiii was Toe, but I didn't know the triple "i"s were a Roman numeral 3. I had thought it was pronounced "Toe-ass-ie" ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Jester 1st Lieutenant Posts: 505 |
posted 08-10-2003 02:13 AM
One of those spur of the moment nick names that stuck for no reason at all. It all started from a play on words from my last name (which we won't go there) and just went from bad to worse. It became my call sign during my time in the Army while I was stuck with being a RTO and has been with me ever since. Out comes the movie Top Gun acouple of years later and I've heard "eeeeehaw Jesters' dead!" so many times I wish I had a dime for it. My wife shortened it down to Jes, some thing I didn't mind at all - and there ya go. Jes IP: Logged |
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VB Officer of the Bridge Posts: 851 |
posted 08-11-2003 08:35 AM
Cool stories above. 'fraid mines a little more yawny. Nuthin more than my initials in my handle! Used to play defender as a kid and would sign V(my middle initial)B. I then started to sign Vee as it was quicker to press two e's than find the space/another letter. Plus it was what I was more increasingly known as or refered to as. It just fit. IP: Logged |
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Crazyhorse Officer of the Bridge Posts: 2193 |
posted 08-11-2003 08:59 AM
Have signed off on highscores as 'crazyhorse' (where space allowed) for as long as I can remember - prolly started with some Commodore64 game or other. Pretty sure it came from a very vivid image I had/have of Anthony Quinn in the on-screen role (Errol Flynn as Custer?). Possibily the first 'baddie' I thought was v. cool... until then, I thought being the 'goodie' was where it was at Heh... and it was 'Thow-assie' for me IP: Logged |
This year, Mrs. BD has been giving out hall passes on Wednesdays, which is the day off for our regular BI guy. As a matter of fact, I was on-island this afternoon.
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